Android
- Google Play sees 47% decline in apps since start of last yeartechcrunch.com Google Play sees 47% decline in apps since start of last year | TechCrunch
Google Play's app marketplace is losing apps. From the start of 2024 to present, the Android app marketplace went from hosting about 3.4 million apps
- [F-Droid Blog] NGI Mobifree funds client app overhaulf-droid.org NGI Mobifree funds client app overhaul | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
The F-Droid app was created in 2009 in the early days of Android and lots ofits code is still that old. While the ecosystem has seen many drasticshifts, the...
> > > he F-Droid app was created in 2009 in the early days of Android and lots of its code is still that old. While the ecosystem has seen many drastic shifts, the F-Droid community heroically kept the app alive with band aids and chewing gum. > >
> > > Therefore, we are especially thrilled to announce that the Mobifree programme of the Next Generation Internet initiative agreed to fund this monumental effort. With their support, we aim to modernize the F-Droid app with a focus on the user interface to make the app easier to use and more appealing especially for new users. At the same time, the modernization should make it easier and more attractive to contribute to the app while also making it easier for the maintainers to review and merge external contributions due to better test coverage and less code entanglement. > >
> > > The rewrite will be exclusively in Kotlin and use Compose for the UI while using modern architectural patterns that will make the app easier to maintain and more fun to contribute to. It will also allow for a responsive UI that adapts to the available screen size, be it a phone, a foldable, a tablet or even a desktop screen > >
